Direction signal for motor vehicles



J. J. JUDGE.

DIRECTION SIGNAL FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1921- Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

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J. J. JUDGE.

DIRECTION SIGNAL FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I3. 1921- Patented Feb. 21,1922.

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1 DIRECTION SIGNAL ronmoronvmrrcms T all witom mat/concern Be it known that I, JoHN I izen ofithe United- States,-residing at Jessup, in theicounty, of Lackawanna and Stateof Pennsylvania,"haveginvented certain new and useful Improvements in Direction Signals for ,Motor Vehicles, of which lowing is :a specification. This invention relates to an improved di-' rection signal for motor vehicles and has as one of its principal objects to provide an efiicient device of this character whereby the operator of a vehicle maycsignal an intention to turn either to the right or left ortostop. g

The invention has as a further objectto provide adeviceemploying companion signaling-members one". located at the front of the 've'hicle andtheother located at the rear thereof, the two members being simultaneously operable by a suitable mechanism convenientto the driver of the vehicle-so that the driver may display a signal at the front and rear of the vehicle coincidently.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a signal which maybe readily employed in connection with motor,-

vehicles of substantially any conventional design. v T r Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter. I In the drawings: I luigure 1 is a side elevation showing my improvedsignal in connection with a motor,

vehiclebfconventional design,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken through one of the signaling members, I

Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows,

Figure 4- is a detail perspective view of the signal drum of said member,

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view showing the supporting shaft for said drum,

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view showing the control mechanism for the signaling members, and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary elevation partly broken away and illustrated in section to show the mounting of the control shaft.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, I have, for convenience, shown my improved signal in connection with a motor vehicle 10 of conventional design. As will be seen, companlon signaling members A and B are employed,,the signaling member J. JUDGE, citmounted near the rearthereofr These signaling members ar'eidentical in-construction and accordingly,only one will be described in detail. e; As shown in Eigures 2 to 5 in-' 2 the fol-' Application filed Apri1,18 1921. Serial No. 462,088.,

cle iandl thesignaling member B being *sieafig n of Letters Patent-' 'PatentedF eb. 21,1922 .jji j.

A being mounted near the front of the elusive, each of said signaling members approvedvmaterial and'said casingis provided atits rear *sidewitha guidewtube 12 while at the forward side :of the'jcasing is v cludes a casing llof sheet metallor other A a door 13 carrying a suitable sight window 1 14. -As best shown inFigureB, the casing I is provided with an integral side wall 15 and a removable sidewall 16in the nature ofa fiangedcap and the wall .15 is; braced by a reinforcing strip 15. while the wall 16 Y is braced by a similar reinforcing strip 16. Journaled throughthe side wallsand tending from said" shaft medially thereof are confronting spokes. 19, it being noted that thershaft, the. sprocket andisa'id' spokes are an-integral structul'e. :gCarried by the spokes is a rectangular signaling drum 20;;-

comprising a suitable frame;-21 to which the spokes are secured and appropriately mounted upon saidframe are sideypanels 22, 23, 24 and 25 respectively," these panels being of glass or other approved material- The panel 22 is blank,the :panel 23 carries;

the signal signiR, the panel 24the-signal the signal sign .L, these 1 letters indicating right, p-and leftresp'ect'ively. Thezside .L

wall 15 is provided at a point above the shaft 17 with a'nipple 26 in which is fixed an appropriate electric light socket 27 and removably mounted in said socket is an electric lamp 28. By bowing the spokes 19 of strengthened but also, clearance is provided sign S while ,upon'the pane-l 25isiimpo sed for the lamp 28. i

1 Coming now to the control mechanism employed, I provide a bracket 29 whichis suitably mounted beneath the vehicle in advance of the drivers seat and j ournaled upon this bracket is an upstanding shaft or post 30 to the lower end of which is fixed, as

shownin Figure 7, an arm 31. Secured to the-instrument board of the Vehicle at the upper end of said post is a segment 32 and fixed to the post to cooperate with said segment is a lever 33. Extending forwardly ends of the chain of the member A while the the guide "tubes; 12.

wires 36 are connected tothe end of the chain of'themember B, the wires extending into the casings 11 ofsaid members through Normally, thedrums of the signaling members A and B stand with the blankpanels, 22 disposed'opposite the sight windows 14 so that, as will now be readily understood r in view of the preceding description, the lever 33 maybe swung for simultaneously rotating said drums to display the signal sign R, to display the signal sign L, or to display the signal sign S at each of saidwindows.

As shown in Figure 6-, the segment 32 is preferablyprovided with notches to accommodate the'lever 33 in each of the positions of the drums andis' also preferably provided with suitable indicia identifying the several positionsofthelever; Suitable wires are led from the lamp sockets of the signalingmembers to the battery or other suitable source of electrical energy upon the vehicle so that at night said members may be ill u minated. 'I' accordingly provide a particularly effective device" for the purpose set forth and one which will tend to'greatly lessen the dangers incident to motor trailic. Having thus de'scribed the invention, what is claimed as new is:-

1. A direction signal including a casing having sidewalls and provided withasight window, one of'said side walls being remov able, a shaft j ournaled through the side walls, means associated with the shaft securing the removable side wall in position, spokes extending from the shaft, a drum carried by'said spokes and provided with signal signs, and means-for rotating the shaft to selectively dispose said signal signs opposite said sight window. V

2. A direction'signal including a casing having a sight window, a rotatable shaft carried by the casing provided with a sprocket and having spokes extending therefrom, a

drum carried by said spokes and provided 3. A direction signal including a casing, having a sight opening, a rotatable shaft wvith' signal signs, and a sprocket chain a trained around said sprocket for rotating the. shaft to selectively dispose said signal signs opposite the sight window.

carried'by the casing provided with an in-' tegral sprocket and .with spokes, slotted side plates secured to thesides of the sprocket, a

drum carried by said spokes and provided with signal signs, and a sprocket chain trained around said sprocket for rotating the shaft to selectively dispose said signal signs opposite the sight window.

7 4. A direction signal including a casing, a rotatable shaft carried thereby and provided with spokes, a drum carried bysaid spokes and provided with signal signs, means for rotating the shaft to selectively dispose said signal signs opposite the sight window, and

a lamp mounted within the casing, the spokes being bowed to provide clearance for said lamp.

5. A direction signal including a casing having a sight window, a'rotatable shaft carried by the casing and provided with a sprocket, side plates removably secured to the sides of the sprocket, a drum carried by said shaft and provided with a signal sign, and a sprocket chain trained around said sprocket forfrotating the shaft to dispose the signal sign opposite the sight window.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN J. JU GE. a 8.] 

